Performance issue ... strange behaviour.

[arvcran]

Recently (perhaps related to new BSG versions) I have noticed the game is very choppy.

The opening screen with Daedelous flyby video stops and starts ... but if I change the focus in windows to another application (window display mostly hidden off screen) the BSG video plays smothly.

This also happens when hitting enter during battles ... the turn plays choppy ... unless I ALT-TAB to another app and it runs very smooth and quickly. The same goes for entire battle replay.

This is a recent symptom and am wondering if it has anything to do with recent software updates.
I do not recall seeing this before ... and it appears to be getting worse.

Anyone have any ideas?

[arvcran]

Nobody? Anyone have any ideas?

[USS Midway veteran]

I have noticed some of the same, but not in any regular pattern. The game seems to have to "warm up" before it functions steadily again, but nothing serious. If it stalls and you give it too many orders before it is ready, it has crashed a couple of times. It started with Resurrection, but now seems to be a bit more regular. Not a big deal, but it is annoying. Since the release of Resurrection, I have been getting a warning alert about an 'unsupported Intel graphics system.' However it has never really been too much of a problem. Your problem may be system related.

[arvcran]

What is important here is that the game runs slower when it is the main focused application running ... I.E. accepting input ... something is stalling the video updates or the game is being prevented from proceeding because of a blocking call waiting on a response.

The game processes very quickly when in the background ... i.e. not the focused app accepting input. The video displays smoothly and the turn processes very quickly.

Another thing I noticed is that when on the completed battle screen BSG.exe is running at ~50%CPU ... what the heck is it doing? It is waiting for the user to select Proceed or Replay button.

[USS Midway veteran]

I have seen similar quirks. The game running slower at times, taking longer to process changes. When it went beyond just an annoyance, I cut the graphics resolution down from 1920 to 1600...didn't work. I just wait it out...doesn't take long. It's never been a serious problem. Just an annoyance. Try to bring it to the attention of the devs...and hope.

[arvcran]

This is probably the wrong forum for getting any attention :)

[USS Midway veteran]

I hear that it is a better idea to go to BSG Deadlock's Discord group now that the game is over. You may have better luck there....with the developers anyway. Wagglepuss says he looks in on the Steam discussions sometimes. You may get his attention here, but he spends most of his time on Discord.

[Sir Wagglepuss III]

I'm gonna level with you, I aint got a clue what's causing this behaviour off the top of my head.

Hit up the support section on the Discord to see if anybody else in the community is experiencing these issues, or in the worst case, you can drop an email to [e-mail] to get some more direct help.

[arvcran]

Done ... I posted on slitherine discord bsg tech support: I looked through existing topic subjects and did not see anything similar, so I posted.